He said of the 43 parcels sold, 28 plots were for the construction of Federal Territory Affordable Housing (Rumawip) and the rest for the development of the 1Malaysia Civil Servants Housing (PPA1M) and 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA).
“Areas sold for this development involve non-feasible hawker centre reserves, squatter settlements, public housing spaces, reserved open spaces and staff quarters,” he said in a statement today.
Tengku Adnan, who is also known as Ku Nan, said the number of Rumawip developed now exceeds 50,000 units.
Tan recently reported that DBKL had sold 45 parcels of land without open tender since Tengku Adnan became federal territories minister.
Tengku Adnan said the houses were offered based on current prices and some were given a discount through the concept of cross-subsidisation, with the developers then forced to sell the houses at a price of RM42,000, RM188,000, RM198,000 and RM230,000.
“The price benefits the people as they can enjoy lower house prices than the real market value,” he said.
He said Tan should appreciate the government’s efforts to ensure the urban poor could own their own homes.
Tengku Adnan challenged the MP to make his allegations clear so that he could take legal action.
He also said Tan should report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission if he believed there was abuse of power.